Assyria

position of king. He wanted to make Babylon secure. He wanted to unify all of Southern Mesopotamia. And, he wanted to win a place in the Mesopotamian Civilization for the Babylonians. He accomplished the first two things by conquering Sumer, Akkad, and Assyria. Although his battle skills were the rise of his kingdom, his administrative skills were the downfall. It is believed that his lack of organization was the reason Babylonia’s deterioration began so quickly after his death. In his position…

the hands of these people, the Israelites slew 10,000 Moabites, all strong, courageous men and not a man escaped (Judges 3:12-30; Deuteronomy 34:3; 2 Chronicles 28:15). The children Moab, Ammon, Ishmaelites, Amalek, Edom, the Philistines and the Assyria were all mixed multitude, intermingled and intermarried together with the Ethiopians throughout ancient world, and were also allies (Psalm 83:5-9; Jeremiah 25:20-25; Genesis 36:35; Habakkuk 3:7; 2 chronicles 21:16). The Moabites as I mentioned…

Creation and evolution had fight for centuries, people who believe in science insist evolution is right, people who believe in god insist creation is right, so lets talk about those two title. Frist lets talk about evolution. Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. Evolutionary processes give rise to biodiversity at every level of biological organisation, including the levels of species, individual organisms, and molecules.…

(A) Yahweh's achievement in latter days (4:1a) (1) bə’aḥărît hayyāmîm (in the latter days) denote the final period of history and is not an expression for the end of history. The prophet's future was not eschatology. It means "a future that is not presently discernible." It denotes "in varying contexts a remote future that paradoxically reverse the present situation and at the same time brings to a fitting outcome that toward which it is striving." There is a sense of conclusiveness but…

Sargon of Assyria was a very ruthless leader, and the opposite of humble. He believed that if people were to fear his power and the consequences if one was not follow his way, less potential conflict would arise. If conflicts were to occur he made sure to make his…

During the age of Antiquity, the Romans were without a doubt the most powerful empire in the known world. It was traditionally thought that the Roman empire dissolved in 476 BC after the last Roman emperor was deposed. However this was not the reason Rome fell, there were many different factors that would lead Rome off the proverbial cliff. These factors range from unstable economic decisions, government corruption, reliance on slave labour, to military campaigns and religious debacles, but the…

logically were the first to have a need for slaves, as a source of free labor. Slavery in ancient cultures was known to occur in civilizations as old as Sumer, and it was found in every civilization, including Ancient Egypt, the Akkadian Empire, Assyria, Ancient Greece, Rome and parts of its…

Megiddo is not only important as a geographical site for its historicity, but also allows one to reflect theological importance peeling back the layers of the past. Megiddo, rather than being a simple site is a multi-layered treasure. Many times this dig has had beginnings and ends. Men such as Shumacher, Rockafeller, Yadin and Adam’s have worked to uncover revealing evidence regarding people of the past. Biblically, this city of old is mentioned twelve times within the Old Testament and once…

The domination of the Western World involved many factors that contributed to the powerful Kingdoms that arose in their time. Conquering new lands and the cultural differences they faced would many times shape the success of the new Kingdoms arising to become either prosperous or fading. When kings expanded their empire they were exposed to those of different cultures and religion, which would sometimes cause rift between the two. A main factors involving success in expanding empire had a lot…

Transcendentalism Unit Assessment 1. In Emerson’s Nature, he uses figurative language to personify Nature and make comparisons between his view of nature and society’s view of nature. Emerson uses vivid language: “I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me” (1), to explain that he is among nature in his solitude. The effect of this statement develops a point that even though he is alone, Nature surrounds him with its beauty. Comparisons such as “the stars…though always…